Harold Mann (May 28, 1938 – October 23, 2016) was a Canadian boxer. He was born and raised in
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for ...
and lived most of his life there. He took up boxing at the age of 11 and as a young amateur won four provincial titles and three national titles (1958, 1961, 1962). In 1962 as a light middleweight he won the gold medal at the
British Empire Games
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in
Perth
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, defeating
Brian Benson of
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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in the final. His overall record as an amateur was 82-8. From 1963 until 1967 he boxed professionally, going undefeated in 12 bouts. Following his retirement from competition, he coached for many years. In 2006 he was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.
References
1938 births
2016 deaths
Canadian male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from Prince George, British Columbia
Boxers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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